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Your Friday night playlist curated by Sad Night Dynamite

Dystopian London-based duo, Sad Night Dynamite, talk to Isobel Van Dyke about their upcoming album, disapproval from Disney and taming their ‘wild animal’ sound

Evening Standard

Here are the best alt. rock songs you'll hear this week, featuring Demi Lovato, Royal Blood, Wargasm and more

Here are eight great alternative songs you may have missed this week: vote here for your favourite!

Louder

“When I’m off the road, I have this love affair with ragtime guitar”: 7 questions with Wishbone Ash’s Andy Powell

Powell shares embarrassing moments, his greatest gear loves and more in this quick-fire interview

Guitar World

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“He loves you guys. He doesn’t like anybody, but he loves you guys”: Joe Perry on the time he met Kurt Cobain – and Aerosmith’s unlikely influence on Nirvana

The Aerosmith man once met Kurt Cobain backstage in Seattle, but says the Nirvana frontman was almost non-verbal

Guitar World

Pearl & The Oysters: "We fell into the vintage analogue synth rabbit hole in our teens and have been obsessed ever since"

Pearl & The Oysters' breezy sound channels ‘70s Brazilian pop, Haruomi Hosono and Stereolab into music laced with vintage gear, obscure instruments and sonic surprises

MusicRadar

Mahalia: ‘I love creating something fun out of something ugly, and painful’

First seen supporting Ed Sheeran at 14, the singer has a clutch of Mobos, Grammy and Brit nominations, and a star-packed album just out. But has success been worth the slog?

The Guardian - UK

“It’s like the Blues Breakers meets Guitar Slim meets Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith and co” – Joe Bonamassa shares cover of Slim’s classic Well, Well, I Done Got Over It

Bonamassa's British blues-inspired take on the Guitar Slim cover is the third single to be released ahead of his forthcoming album, Blues Deluxe Vol 2, which is out 6 October

MusicRadar

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Over-50s catching the music festival bug in the UK, Saga study finds

Poll finds one-third of over-50s go to more festivals now than they did in their youth, as lineups also get older

The Guardian - UK

Paul Simon: “People have tried to cop that bass solo, but it’s physically impossible” – how engineer Roy Halee created the iconic bass break on Call Me Al

Bakithi Kumalo: “Listening back, I didn’t know what happened – I thought it was from God, you know?”

Guitar World

Steve Vai hails Devin Townsend as “a bona fide genius” – but admits HevyDevy’s talent was “a little squelched” when he fronted his band

Vai says Townsend is “as brilliant as they come” but he didn't fully appreciate it until the Canadian prog-metal virtuoso went solo

MusicRadar

Show Us Your Studio #5: "There's an immediacy with synths and guitars you just don't get with the PC"

Disabled composer Paul Jelfs talks us through his accessible studio set-up and highlights the challenges faced by music-makers with disabilities

MusicRadar

The Guide #95: One-day festivals, week-long Wembley residences – have we reached peak big gig?

In this week’s newsletter: Wherever you look there’s a pricey new event – but the majority of the industry isn’t in such rude health

The Guardian - UK

Who is Babyface? Rapper working on new song with Kim Kardashian

The singer discussed helping the reality star with a Christmas song

Evening Standard

Sammy Hagar recalls exposing his genitals onstage while supporting Kiss in 1977: "I pulled my pants down, shook it at them and then smashed my guitar to bits"

The Red Rocker reflects on an on-stage meltdown in 1977, which saw him flash an audience of angry Kiss fans, and describes the moment as "beautiful in its own way"

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Louder

"It’s the most shambolic performance by Blur possible": Watch Blur perform on Italian TV with a cardboard cut-out of guitarist Graham Coxon

No Graham Coxon? No Alex James? No problem for Blur

Guitar World

“Picks were too bendy. I couldn’t feel what was happening as the thing touched the string”: Brian May explains why he uses sixpences instead of picks

The Queen hero has used a sixpence to craft his most iconic solos and riffs – here's why

Louder

Brian May + Friends’ Star Fleet Project mini-album is the sound of two guitar giants having the time of their lives

Album review: Queen guitarist Brian May’s long-lost 1983 Star Fleet Project collaboration with Eddie Van Halen gets lovingly dusted down

Metal Hammer

15 bands to check out if you miss Motorhead

The world will never see another legend like Lemmy. Luckily, there are some brilliant bands keeping his legacy alive

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Louder

Prog's Tracks Of The Week: brand new music from Soen, Devin Townsend and more

Cool new prog music to check out from Jo Beth Young, HeKz, Emma Tricca, Red32, Harald Plontke and more..

Tribune News Service

Poison rocker Bret Michaels, 60, shares his life lessons: 'Cold beer makes good friends'

DETROIT — At 60, Bret Michaels says he's like a classic muscle car.

Guitar World

Wait, is Fender about to revive Tom DeLonge’s highly sought-after Stratocaster?

As used examples of his signature model approach $2,000, the Blink-182 guitarist has offered a very strong hint that a reissue is on the cards – nearly two decades after his Strat was last produced

Evening Standard

Daphne Guinness: ‘I’ve always been a misfit. I guess I’m the last surrealist’

Daphne Guinness spent childhood summers at Salvador Dali’s house, was mentored by David Bowie and was at the centre of London fashion’s avant-garde heyday. But as Will Hosie discovers, her music career is her true calling

Evening Standard

Rita Ora: You & I album review – All purpose pop lacks personal touch

There’s very little here that doesn’t feel like it could have been delivered by a dozen other interchangeable chart act

Louder

The night The Beatles were guarded by Christ and Moses

In August 1966, The Beatles played their second to last show at LA’s Dodger Stadium – and they had a couple of familiar names on their security team

The Guardian - UK

Elina Duni: A Time to Remember review – a unique voice in jazz

Albanian-born Elina Duni sounds intensely like herself while drawing on a variety of influences, as her impeccable trio back her with diamond-bright sounds

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